scriptvm/examples/delay_effect.txt

on init
    { The amount of notes to play }
    declare const $delayNotes := 4
    { Tempo with which the new notes will follow the orignal note }
    declare const $bpm := 90
    { Convert BPM to microseconds (duration between the notes) }
    declare const $delayMicroSeconds := 60 * 1000000 / $bpm
    { Just a working variable for being used with the while loop below }
    declare $i
    { For each successive note we trigger, we will reduce the velocity a bit}
    declare $velocity
end on

on note
  { First initialize the variable $i with 4 each time we enter this event
    handler, because each time we executed this handler, the variable will be 0 }
  $i := $delayNotes
  { Loop which will be executed 4 times in a row }
  while ($i)
    { Calculate the velocity for the next note being triggered }
    $velocity := 127 * $i / ($delayNotes + 1)
    { Suspend this script for a short moment ... }
    wait($delayMicroSeconds)
    { ... and after that short break, trigger a new note. }
    play_note($EVENT_NOTE, $velocity)
    { Decrement loop counter $i by one }
    $i := $i - 1
  end while
end on
1	on init
2	{ The amount of notes to play }
3	declare const $delayNotes := 4
4	{ Tempo with which the new notes will follow the orignal note }
5	declare const $bpm := 90
6	{ Convert BPM to microseconds (duration between the notes) }
7	declare const $delayMicroSeconds := 60 * 1000000 / $bpm
8	{ Just a working variable for being used with the while loop below }
9	declare $i
10	{ For each successive note we trigger, we will reduce the velocity a bit}
11	declare $velocity
12	end on
13
14	on note
15	{ First initialize the variable $i with 4 each time we enter this event
16	handler, because each time we executed this handler, the variable will be 0 }
17	$i := $delayNotes
18	{ Loop which will be executed 4 times in a row }
19	while ($i)
20	{ Calculate the velocity for the next note being triggered }
21	$velocity := 127 * $i / ($delayNotes + 1)
22	{ Suspend this script for a short moment ... }
23	wait($delayMicroSeconds)
24	{ ... and after that short break, trigger a new note. }
25	play_note($EVENT_NOTE, $velocity)
26	{ Decrement loop counter $i by one }
27	$i := $i - 1
28	end while
29	end on